Sandal



tllihl @llirarlllltl PATENT OFFCE.

VM. MCGONNELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANDAL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,480, dated April 5, 1859.

To all whom it may coi/werft:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM McConivnLL, ot the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania., have invented a new and .improved Sandal; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reterence being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ot reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of sandals or clogs worn by ladies in wet weather for keeping the toet dry. find my improvement consists in constructing a sandal ot three blocks otl wood or other suitable material attached to an elastic rod, the said blocks being so arranged in respect to each other that one shall coincide with the heel, another with the ball, and the third with the toes ot the wearers toot, as fully described hereafter,

so that the bloc ts may accommodate themselves to the ditterent positions which the above parts ot the toot assume at every step, thereby aiiording an elticient protection to the feet in damp weather, without putting the wearer to that inconvenience which is presented by the rigidity of ordinary wooden soled shoes and sandals.

ln order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

0n reference to the accompanying drawing, which Ltoms a part ot' this specification, Figure l, is a plan view ot my improved sandal. Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3, a perspective view, illustrating a modified iiorm oii securing the sandal to the toot.

Similar letters relier to similar parte throughout the several views.

Myimprovcd sandal consists of the blocks B, B and 32, made ot hard wood or other suitable material, and connected together by a metal strip A. The tlireeblocks are so situated, in respect to each other, that the block B shall be directly under the heel, the block B under the ball ot the toot, and the block B2 under the toes, the blocks being so formed as to coincide laterally, the block B with the heel, and the blocks B and B2 with the sole of the boot or shoe, to which the sandal is connected.

into the upper surface of the heel block B is let a curved metal plate l, at the rear of which is a projection a tor receiving the pointed screw F, and in front are two hooked projections c, which tit into recesses in the inside of the heel of the wearers boot or shoe, the set screw F in the rear serving to maintain the hooked projections within the recesses, and to secure the whole firmly to the heel of the shoe.

The plate E may be secured to the heel block by` screws, as illustrated in the drawing, or in any other convenient manner.

' The end or' the elastic strip A is let into the upper surface of theheel block B, and has a slot through which the retaining screw passes into the block, so that the position of the latter may be adjusted longitudinally. The strip is also let into recesses both in the intermediate block B and the block B2, and permanently secured to both by means of screws, the strip terminating in a hooked projection f, which catches over the sole ot the boot or shoe at the toe. Straps C and C are connected one to each side of the intermediate block B, by moans of metal plates and screws or other suitable devices, and to one ot these straps is secured a buckle, tor attachment to the opposite strap. A third strap C2 is secured to the underside of the strip A, at the extreme end of the toe block B2, and connects to the strap C, to which the buckle is attached.

The elastic strip being so adjusted that the projections e may tit inside the heels of the wearers shoe, and the projection f hooked onto the toe, the screw F is turned so as to penetrate the rear of the heel, and the ends of the straps C and C buckled together over the toot, when the sandal is secured beyond the possibility of becoming ac cideiitally detached from the boot or shoe.

The ordinary sandals, worn by ladies in wot weather and having rigid wooden soles, are very inconvenient, on account oi their unyielding nature, which involves the necessity ot the wearer adopting an ungainly and unnatural gait, the inconvenience being most severely telt at the joints of the toes near the ball of the toot.

i'ilthough the whole of the three blocks et my improved sandal are connected to gether and maintained in their proper relative positions by the strip A, the elasticity of the latter is such, that the blocks can accominodate themselves to the natural movements of the diiierent joints of the wearers foot, thus obviating the inconveniences above alluded as appertaining to sandals with rigid soles. It will therefore be seen without further description, that my improved sandal aords an effective protection to the feet in damp weather, that it can be worn without any inconvenience, can be readily adjusted t0 suit the length of the shoe, and attached to and removed from the latter with facility.

Instead of fastening the heel in the manner above described, it may be secured directly to the ankle by the system of straps illustrated in the perspective view (Fig. 3)', the strap P being arranged to embrace the ankle, and vertical straps made to connect the ankle strap to the heel block.

In order to prevent slipping in frosty weather, the blocks may be furnished with suitable spikes secured to their under sides.

I am aware that clogs have been made with soles made of two separate blocks hinged together as shown in the English .patent of Jos. Shaller May 6, 1826. I therefore do not claim broadly such a deviceneither do I claim a slide for adjusting the distance between the heel and the toe of the sandal7 but I limit my claim to, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, v

A sandal consisting of three blocks, B B1 and B2, of wood or other suitable material, attached to an elastic metal strip A, when the said blocks are so situated in respect to eachother that one shall coincide with the toes the other with the ball, and the third with the heel of the wearers foot, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. l

IVM. MCCONNELL.

Witnesses HENRY HowsoN, HENRY ODIORNE. 

